Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!uwvax!uwmacc!hobbes!root From: root@hobbes.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: large file text editor Message-ID: <103@hobbes.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Apr-87 02:09:06 EST Article-I.D.: hobbes.103 Posted: Mon Apr 6 02:09:06 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Apr-87 03:04:22 EST References: <119200008@convexs> Reply-To: root@hobbes.UUCP (John Plocher) Organization: U of Wisconsin - Madison Spanish Department Lines: 19 +---- rotheroe@convexs.UUCP writes in article <119200008@convexs> ---- | | Anyone have or know of a text editor which can edit 100-500k (usually ~150k) | ascii files. | | Dave Rotheroe {allegra, ihnp4, uiucdcs, ctvax}!convex!rotheroe +---- I hate to drag up a program better left dead, but I've used WordStar 3.3 to edit files larger than 15 Megabytes! (Don't do many Jump to End/Beginnings :-) It works, but it's temp file eats disk space ( Temp file is same size as orig file so total used = 15Mb + 15Mb = >30Mb) This was on an AT with a 120Mb Maxtor hard drive. John -- John Plocher UUCP: !uwvax!uwmacc!hobbes!plocher ============== Internet: plocher%hobbes.UUCP@uwvax.WISC.EDU FidoNet: 121/0 BITNET: uwvax!uwmacc!hobbes!plocher@psuvax1